Al Jardine & The Pet Sounds Band

Alan “Al” Jardine is a founding member of The Beach Boys, renowned for helping create the band’s signature California sound through his guitar work, vocals, and songwriting. Born in Lima, Ohio, in 1942 and raised in Hawthorne, California, Al sang lead on the No. 1 hit “Help Me, Rhonda,” contributed to many of the group’s classic albums, and toured with The Beach Boys for decades. Following his departure from the band in 1998, he launched a successful solo career, released the acclaimed A Postcard from California, earned a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award as a Beach Boys member, reunited with the band for its 50th anniversary, and continues to tour and record today, including with his son Matt Jardine and the Pet Sounds Band.